Volatility is a common occurrence when putting your money to work on Wall Street. Since this decade began, the three major stock indexes have oscillated between bear and bull markets on a couple of occasions.

When volatility and uncertainty arise, professional and retail investors have a habit of seeking the safety of outperforming stocks with well-defined competitive advantages. While the "FAANG stocks" are a good example of the type of leadership investors have sought during periods of stock market unrest, it's stocks enacting splits that have truly become a safety valve during periods of heightened volatility and uncertainty.

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